Store-service apparatus



(No Model.)

S. W. BARR. STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

Patented July 22, 1890.

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UNITED I STATES PATENT Orricn.

SAMUEL WV. BARR, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,852, dated July 22, 1890). Application filed November 18, 1889. Serial No. 830,678. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. BARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements on the cash-carrier apparatus described, shown, and claimed in Letters Patent No. 357,449, dated February 8, 1887, and issued to me.

My improvements consist in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a side elevation of a single station, the lever being shown in normal position and a carrier approaching the station. Fig. II is a top view of the same. Fig. III is a bottom view of the lever.

Referring to Figs. I, II, and III, 1 is a station-support secured to a ceiling or overhead floor, which may be in the form of a gas-pipe or tube of any suitable metal. To the lower end of this support I apply a block or head 2, in the form of an elbow and constructed with a bell or month-piece 3 for its attachment to the support, with downwardly-cnrved cheekplates or flanges 4, having upwardlyextending ears 5, and providing a lever-bearing and a slot or opening 6 for the lever to work in, and with an upwardly-extending boss or projection 7, with which the stay-wire is connected.

The block or head is braced to the ceiling or overhead floor by the following means:

8 is ascrew-rod rigidly secured to the boss or projection and extending in an inclined position therefrom. Loosely mounted on this screw-rod is a yoke 9, having horns 10=one at each end-and working on the screw-rod, outside the yoke, is a nut 11. Secured to the ceiling or overhead floor by means of eyescrews 12 is the stay-wire 13, passed beneath the yoke and screw-rod and over the horns of lever to the lower ends of the cheek-plates or flanges within the slot or opening. Journaled within the leverone on each side of the bossare sheaves or pulleys 17. The lever is constructed with a short bent arm 18 at its rear end, having a handle 19. front end of the lever and integral therewith is a block 20, perforated to receive the arms 22 of a spring-catch loop 21, adjustable in the Over the block and secured in desired position by setscrews 23. The spring-catch is provided with a rubber tube or sleeve 24 at its center. The ears 5 on the cheekplates or flanges are formed with a series of holes or perforations 25, 26, and 27 for an adjustable check crosspin 28, which limits or controls the upward movement of the inner end of the lever by forming a stop thereto. The cross-pin can be moved to either pair of holes or perforations and will regulate the spread of the track-wires or force applied to the carrier to suit the distance the carrier has to travel or the length of the traclewires or line. The lever striking the cross-pin when it is in the front or first holes or perforations 25 will spread the trackwires about six inches. If the cross-pin is moved to the intermediate or second holes or perforations, the lever will spread the trackwires about seven inches. If the cross-pin is moved to the rear or third holes or perforations, the spread of the track-wires will be about eight inches, and when the cross-pin is removed and the lever turned to a vertical posit-ion,the spread of the track-wires will be about ten inches, equal to the distance be tween the outward circumference of the pulleys or sheaves 17 in the lever. Thus the spread of the track-wires or force to the length of line or the distance the carrier has to travel is gaged.

29 is the upper track-Wire, and 30 is the lower track-wire, having their ends secured to a connection in the form of a small chain or strap 3l,which moves through the interior of the lever around the pulleys or sheaves. A spring in the form of a rubber sleeve or bead is slipped on the lower track-wire before it is fastened to the chain or strap to provide a bumper 32 to cushion or check the carrier when the latter passes under the I spring-catch.

. a cord for connecting the ends of the trackwires, or I may continue the latter through the pulley independent of the block or head.

- Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a head or block, of an operating-lever pivoted thereto, the upper and lower track-wires located one wire over the other wire, and the connection passed lengthwise of and returned through the lever by which the track-wires are connected, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a head or block, of an operating-lever pivoted thereto,the upper and lower track-wires, and the connection by which the track-wires are connected and within which the lever operates to spread or close the track wires, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a head or. block, of an operating-lever pivoted thereto, the upper and lower track-wires connected together through the lever, and the chain by which the track-wires are connected, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a head or block, of an operating-lever pivoted thereto, the upper and lower track-wires, the connection for the track-wires within which the lever operates, and the bumper secured to the lower wire at its juncture with the connection, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a head or block, of the operating-lever pivoted to the head or block having sheaves or pulleys, one on each side of the pivot, the upper and lower track wires, and the connection for the track-wires on which the sheaves or pulleys run, substan- SAMUEL W. BARR. \Vituesses:

J. W. SHARP, I. L. DONNELL. 

